Heel-protector



(No Model.)

0. B. NORTH.

HEEL PROTEGTOR.

No. 354.340. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

N. PETERS. Floiwulhugnphen Washgkom D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE;

OLIVER B. NORTH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HEEL-PROTECTORu SPECIPICATION forming part'o'f Letters Patent No. 354340, dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed August 9, 1886. Serial No. 910.389.

To all whom it may 'concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER B. NORTH, of New Haven, in the county of NewyHaven and State of Connecticut, have inveuted a new Improvement in Heel-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accouipanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in*

Fi gure 1, a perspective View of the protector; Fig. 2, a face View of the heel with protector inserted; Fig. 3, a vertical section through the heel and protector inserted therein; Fig. 4, a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in heel-protectors, and particularly to that class which consists of a piece or pieces of metal' adaptcd to be driven into the heel, and so as to expose the face of said metal pieces fiush with the wearingsurfaceofthe lecl, said pieces being introduced at points where the greatest wear comes on the surface of the hcel, and so` 4 diameter of the body, and so as to present a or face nay be plain or ribbed.

To insert the protector, a hole is first made in the heel-cap, the diameter or shape of the hole corresponding to the diameter or shape of the body at its face end, and the depth of (No model.)

thereby secure] y hold the protector iu place.

Several shoulders may be formed on the protector like the shoulder b, but one is suh'icient for practcal purposes.

The shoulder preferably extends entirely around the body; but it may be in the shape of short segments, as scen in Fig. 4.

hile 1 prefer to make the protector with the recess in its upper side, for the reason that it facilitates its introduction, (for if the first lift be thinner than the depth of the protector the renoval of the piece cut from the first lift permits the proper introduction of the protector, and the sharp edge outs its way into the second lift, whereas if the inuer or upper face of the protcctor be flat it would necessitate the cutting of the hole the full depth of the protcctor, and this would be difficult to do 'should the lift not correspond in thickness to the thickness of the protector,) I do not wish to limit my invcntiou to the rccess.

The hereiu described protector for heels, consisting of the body A," constructed with the anuular shoulder b around its outside and the surface of conical slape above the shoulder, substantiall y as and for the purpose described.

i OLlVER B. NORTH. XVitnesses:

LUCIUS H. PRINDLE, ARTHUR H. J AOKSON. 

